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was 51° 16’ S., longitude by chronometer, 46° 61’ W., barometer 29° 20’, 
In the air, 44°. Water, 40°. Light airs from the southward, which 
towards night came from the 8.E., and continued the whole of the 8rd 
in that quarter with some showers of snow and sleet. In the last four 
or five days I have found a northerly current of at least thirty miles, 
the longitude by chronometers and dead reckoning agreeing nearly, 
and there being that difference betwixt the latitude by dead reckoning 
and observation. 
Dec. 4.—During this day and yesterday the weather has been thick, 
with the wind from the 8.E., and a heavy sea running from that quarter. 
Many birds, viz. Cape pigeons, stormy and blue petrels, and different 
species of the albatross about the vessel, and some right whales. On the 
6th, a.m., the wind drew round to the northward with fine weather. On 
the 7th, 10 a.m., observed the distance of the sun and moon, which 
at noon gave the longitude by means, 34° 43’ 30", the chronometers 
35° 00' 00". Latitude 51° 48’ 5”. Light winds from the northward. 
Dec. 8.—Thick foggy weather ; not thinking it safe to run, hove to; 
our latitude by account being 58° 21'8., long. 32° 18’ W., and at 2 p.m., 
passed close to windward of a small iceberg. On the 3th at noon the 
weather cleared up for a little time, which allowed me to get an obser- 
vation, which gave the lat. 52° 46’, by dead reckoning 53’ 18” S., which 
makes a northerly set of 32'in 3 days. Longitnde from last observation 
31° 12' W. On the 9th, p.m., the weather continued the same, so that we 
were continually bearing up and heaving to, as the weather thickened 
or cleared away. At 2 a.m. on the 10th two large icebergs were observed 
on the larboard bow, our head being to the northward. At 3, being a 
little more clear, bore up, passing through a large cluster of icebergs during 
the day, some very large. AsI conceived these to be drifted between Sand- 
wich Land and South Georgia, I kept rather an easterly course, hoping by 
that meaus to avoid them. p.m. We had strong gales from the westward. 
After a short run the weather again became thick; hove to at 10 a.m. 
Made lights to the cutter, which were answered, but from 11 o’clock saw 
no more of her, she being then considerably on our weather bow, our 
head being 8.5.W., the wind westerly and blowing a strong gale. 
Dec. 11.—a.m. About 1 o’clock found ourselves close down upon an ice- 
berg ; wore round to the northward until daylight, when we again stood 
to the southward in hopes of finding the cutter, as I had given Mr. 
Avery particular instructions should he part company in a fog, to place 
himself as near as possible, when it cleared away, in the situation in which 
he lost sight of us, or if in the night to do the same in the morning, and 
not under any circumstances to make sail again, or run during the fog, 
and had he attended to these directions he must certainly have seen us 
on the 11th at noon, as the Tula was never at any time more than five 
or six miles from the iceberg we saw on the preceding morning. At 
12.50 the iceberg bore 8. } W., and conceiving the cutter might be still 
further to the westward,I bore up and van under the lee of it, and 
